UNSPSC 10151601: Wheat seeds

UNSPSC 10151601 Wheat seeds (Commodity) covers the procurement of wheat seed varieties for agricultural, grounds maintenance, and farm operations by state and local government entities. The code captures both specialty grass seed for landscaping and functional seed stock for correctional-facility and state-farm operations. State and local governments soliciting under this code include city procurement offices, state correctional agencies, and state departments managing institutional farms. The City of Lubbock, Texas, and state correctional systems in Georgia and Kentucky appear as active buyers. Work solicited ranges from named wheat grass varieties (Jose Wheat Grass Seed, Beardless Wheat Seed VNS) to functional soybean and cotton seed for farm operations managed by state correctional industries, typically in bulk quantities measured by pounds or bags with specified germination rates, purity standards, and delivery requirements.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Kentucky. The City of Lubbock issued two RFQs for wheat grass seed on July 2, 2026, with quotes due July 16, 2026 (Solicitation QQ2519764SR for Jose Wheat Grass Seed and Solicitation QQ2519763SR for Beardless Wheat Seed VNS). Georgia Correctional Industries issued a solicitation for cotton seed (numbered GCI0001091, posted March 19, 2026, due March 26, 2026), which awarded to Triangle Chemical Company at $57,994.00 on March 31, 2026. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, issued RFB 758 2600000421 for 500 bags each of three soybean seed varieties for Western Kentucky Correctional Complex Farm on March 3, 2026, with bids due March 13, 2026, using best-value scoring weighted 90 percent to price and 10 percent to delivery time, and offering Kentucky resident and nonprofit set-asides of 20 and 15 percent respectively. The City of Lubbock also solicited sorghum sudan grass seed (45,000 pounds, minimum 85 percent germination, RFQ QQ2619537SRSORGHUMSUDANGRASSSEED, posted March 19, 2026, due April 1, 2026), requiring F.O.B. Destination delivery with freight prepaid and test data certifying seed quality.